THE AFRICAN COURIER. Reporting Africa and its Diaspora! The African Courier is an international magazine published in Germany to report on Africa and the Diaspora African experience. The first issue of the bimonthly magazine appeared on the newsstands on 15 February 1998. The African Courier is a communication forum for European-African political, economic and cultural exchanges, and a voice for Africa in Europe.
‘AFRIKAMERA – Latest Cinema from Africa’ presents, from 7 – 11 November in Berlin, a selection of current feature and documentary films from Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. The festival presents the latest productions by filmmakers from Lusophone Africa dealing not only with history but also issues such as gender, religion or urbanity and reflect cultural, social and political developments. In …
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Nigeria’s Oscar entry ‘Lionheart’ disqualified
The movie was scheduled to be screened to voters for the International Feature Film category, formerly known as best foreign language film, on Wednesday.
Read More »Why Nigerians should set their sight on Dublin
A big and bold investment initiative will be launched at the annual general meeting of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE), taking place in Dublin on 7-9 November.
Read More »Why agribusiness is Africa’s new investment frontier
Africa’s agribusiness sector is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2030, so there is certainly cause for optimism. Consumer demand for food in Africa is growing at an unprecedented rate. But what is fuelling this growth? Mariam Yinusa and Edward Mabaya, Principal Economist and Manager, respectively, in the Agribusiness Development Division of the African Development Bank (AfDB), explain. In the …
Read More »Ghana gets new Honorary Consul in Germany
Honorary consuls are designated by a foreign government to look after the affairs of its citizens.
Read More »Nigeria’s borders closed to trade until January 2020, Ghana makes appeal
The action has affected trade in the West African region, causing diplomatic irritations among member states of the trading bloc ECOWAS.
Read More »Time to Invest in Africa is Now, Tony Elumelu tells global investors in Paris
Tony O. Elumelu, Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Heirs Holdings opened the “Ambition Africa” conference organised by the France Invest Africa Club in Paris, France, on 30 October. In his opening address, Elumelu urged French investors to look to Africa for long term investment opportunities. The French Minister of Economy …
Read More »Notice to Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation members in Germany
"It’s important that NIDOG is well represented... and we appeal to members to respond positively to this Call."
Read More »Hon. Collins Nweke praises NIDOE leadership as Nigerians gather in Dublin
Belgian-Nigerian politician Collins Nweke has lauded the leadership of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation Europe (NIDOE) for the manner it‘s running the group. In a press statement on the forthcoming Nigerian Diaspora Conference, taking place in Dublin on 7-9 November and organised by NIDOE, Nweke, who is a Councillor in the town of Ostend and a former chairman of the …
Read More »African Bank announces new capital record of $208 billion
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Thursday announced the largest capital increase in its history, with an almost 125 percent jump from $93 billion to $208 billion. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina hailed “a historic day” for the bank and “a day of joy for Africa” at a press conference in Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital city of Abidjan. “This general …
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